Abstract

Extracted from text ... LOCAL GOVERNMENT BULLETIN 18 EXTENDING Municipal From the
COURTS
Mgoqi v City of Cape Town
3619/06
managers'CONTRACTS
The change of government in the City of Cape Town
Metropolitan Council has also seen a change in the office
of the municipal manager. Although the decision of the
Cape High Court in Mgoqi v City of Cape Town dealt with
a number of issues, at the core of the dispute was whether
the outgoing mayor could have extended the contract of
the then-municipal manager, Wallace Mgoqi.
The facts
The municipal manager's three-year contract was due to end on 28
February 2006, one ..